Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-08-25

dere rose, threw the body back over his
name and proudly walked the cage with
the dead-man's neck still firmly held by
his fangs. A boy, who happened to be
inside the booth at the time, raised the
alarm and rushed to the rescue with a
prong. The neighbors came in and the
lion was finally forced iuto an adjoining
cage, when the trainers corpse was got
out. 1t is clear to my mind that Agop
either sat down too heavily or too sud
denly on the beasts side and with his
back turned toward the animal. A care
full trainer, however tame the lion may
be, should never altogether lose sight OF
his charge.n
"WhO is Miss Victoria, your pupil?
She is not English, surely?'
"No; she is NJ. Alexiano's wife. Vic
toria is her maiden name, and we add
to it the title of Miss, pour la frime, by
way ofparade." ....
"Are you acquainted with any other
female trainer of account?"
"Perhaps Nine. Soulet, better known
by the name of NOuma Hawa l., who
was so dreadfully lacerated at Verviers
in November last, and has now COM
pletely recovered from her wounds.
know of no other worthy of being
placed on a footing with Nine. Alexi-
ano."
"And how did Nine. Soulet meet with
her accident?n E."
ut was after this wise: The regular
trainer of Brutus, a young lion two years
old(th mother of which, by the way
| 4 hor t,a; Of
being absent, Nine. Soulet determined
to put the animal through a rehearsal OF
its performance. NJ. Grenier one of the
grooms, was in the cage when the lion
was admitted. On the appearance OF
Nine. Soulet with her whip, Brutus flew
at her throat, tearing part of her lower
jaw away and otherwise mangling her
She screamed for help, and BonvilIant
the principal keeper, rushed into the
cage and bravely flew to the rescue
Selling the hrute's jaws, he forced it to
let go its hold of Nine. Soulet, who
found strength to escape from the cage
NJ. Soulet himself had entered the cage
in turn receiving q severe clawing. A
fearful struggle ensued between Donvil.
liant and the lion, the man fighting fol
dear life in the deadly grapple. AT
length the brute was driven of by
pitchforks, and, more dead than alive,
the gallant keeper got out, only to swoon
away on the menagerie floor. Though
shockingly mangled, Bonvilliant is now
considered out of danger. All the
wounded persons, of course, received
| immediate surgical attendance, Brutus
the while looking on with indifference
apparently none the worse for his prod.
ding" .......,.. .'
"And you, Mr.. Bidel, how are you
getting on after your severe encounter
with Sultan?" g' 80
"Oh, pretty we'll. I feel rather weak
still, but the partial paralysis of the
| jaw, which came on afterward, pre-
vented my re-entering the cage. AS ii
is only local affection, the doctors say
1 shall entirely get over it, if I remain
quiet for few months"
Let me conclude this letter by re-
peating an anecdote told me by Del
monicO, the negro lion tanner, several
years ago. had asked Delmonico:
"What influence has the human eye
OH the wild beasts?"
"Well," he replied, II should say
about the same influence the eye of one
man has on another. A story is told of
Van Amburgh, the great lion tanner,
now dead. On one occasion, while in a
bar room, he was asked how he got his
wonderful power over animals. He
said: 1T is by my showing them that
I'm not the least afraid of them, and
by keeping my eye steadily on theirs.
I'll give you an example of the power
ofmy eye"
"Pointing to loutish fellow who
was sitting opposite, Van Amburgh
said: .t..
"You see that fellow? He's a regular
clown. I'll make him come across the
room to me, and won't say a word to
him."
"Sitting down he fixed his keen,
steady eye on the man. Presently the
fellow Strengthened himself gradually,
got up, and came across to Van Am
burgh. When he got close enough he
drew back his arm and struck the
tanner a tremendous blow under the
chin, knocking him clear over the
chair, with the remark:
"You'll stare at me like that again,
won't you"' .... ...